{"id":4209,"date":"2007-12-27T08:09:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-27T08:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/12\/ottumwa-courier-endorses-thomp.html"},"modified":"2007-12-27T08:09:00","modified_gmt":"2007-12-27T08:09:00","slug":"ottumwa-courier-endorses-thomp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/12\/ottumwa-courier-endorses-thomp.html","title":{"rendered":"Ottumwa Courier endorses Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottumwacourier.com\/opinion\/local_story_360221446.html?start:int=0\">Local Iowa newspaper<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>    Fred Thompson is the unlikely candidate. Perfectly content with his status as a former senator and Hollywood actor, Thompson says he happy in his private life.<br \/>\nBut despite the pitfalls of the rough and tumble world of politics, the Republican says Washington, D.C. needs a &#8220;consistent&#8221; conservative to lead the United States into a new direction.<br \/>\nThompson is unapologetic on his views and is a straight-shooter.<br \/>\n&#8220;These are clearly challenging times. I don&#8217;t think we&#8217;ve fully come to terms with the kind of world we live in,&#8221; he told members of the Courier editorial board recently.<br \/>\nIndeed, Thompson believes work must continue in Iraq despite growing concerns American troops should return home.<br \/>\nWe have to &#8220;finish what we&#8217;re doing,&#8221; he said, adding the United States must continue the fight there and in Afghanistan.<br \/>\nThompson said the United States can no longer ignore the instability in Afghanistan and in nearby Pakistan because of issues ranging from the Taliban to the country&#8217;s economic dependence on the opium trade.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local Iowa newspaper: Fred Thompson is the unlikely candidate. Perfectly content with his status as a former senator and Hollywood actor, Thompson says he happy in his private life. 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